Revolution 2.0

Introduction The question about when and how to open America back up is not about the Constitution vs autocratic politicians. And it is not about supposed medical sanity vs COVID deniers. There are only these two questions here.  Today’s Key Point: Can there be crises, COVID-19 or else, that legitimately prompt governments at the various levels to move to limit personal freedoms? Are the various governments permitted under the Constitution to restrict those freedoms? That is the subject of today’s 10-minute episode.  Continuing I’ll start with my answers; yes to both. And not only are governments allowed to limit personal freedoms in crises, but they must–they have an affirmative obligation here. The key is whether or not the authorities at the different levels will want to keep the power they took temporarily, or keep it forever. A sniff of power can be intoxicating. As in Orwell’s book, 1984, a dystopian totalitarian warning, governments that want to seize and keep power must have an e